Series: Gord, the Rogue #3
So Gary Gygax after having created D&D eventually leaves TSR. This leaves a problem, he had started writing novels for TSR, with his character of Gord the Rogue, set in the Greyhawk world which he also created. He leaves TSR who retain the rights to D&D and takes with him his character from the novels, publishing them elsewhere. This is the first volume of the non-official Greyhawk series, which is actually the third volume of the Gord series, and the 4th in the Greyhawk series, but not really... see?
Gygax will continue to publish these things over the next couple of years until he tires of it as we will eventually see. All that being said the book isn't amazing, really. It is clearly a way for Gygax to flesh-out his world and that's fine. Some elements here such as the Drow love-interest, cloning, the Cat World etc. are interesting and Gord himself is a compelling character, however many of the secondary characters are one dimensional and the plotting is all over the place, confusing and often boring. So... not really essential reading, it will impact nothing in the official line, and isn't great.
TL;DR: 4/10 Not great.
